Welcome
Thank you for visiting the Cumulus Soaring, Inc. web site.My goal is to help you find the right
soaring instruments, software, books and videos for your needs and help you
use them. What sets me apart from my competitors is that I help you
use the instruments and/or software through one-on-one phone support (with web
conferencing) and through informational training CDs. I have created many
"Value Added" features to this web site including Product Comparisons & Selection
Guides to help you
find the products that are best for you, my Soaring Links web site, and the
free Soaring Classified Ads web site. I
have invested heavily in
stock so you can get any of the products quickly. I also spend
considerable
time learning how to use each product so I can support you well. I
consider myself a servant. If I do a good job serving
you I hope you will buy from me and tell your friends to buy from me.
Soaring News Facebook Page Please "Like" my Soaring News Facebook page to get the latest soaring product news and links to soaring news, images and videos from around the world. If you're not a Facebook user - no problem. You can still see and click-on all the links on the page. I had previously sent out soaring news in my "Soaring News" email newsletter - but it took so long to create each issue that I didn't send them out very often. It is very quick and easy for me to add items to the Facebook page - so it will be updated very often. I hope you find it interesting. If you do, please click-on the "Like" button on the page - and tell your soaring friends about it.
Sign up for FREE monthly Soaring News email Updates
Soaring News Email Newsletter
Back issues and more information is
available here: Soaring News Newsletters.I have replaced the newsletter with my new Soaring News Facebook page. I will still send monthly reminder emails to those on my Soaring News email list.
Gift
Ideas
The Gift Ideas
page includes low cost items that are perfect gifts
for your soaring friends. Or use the page to
let your friends and loved ones know what you would
like to receive.
Sale Items
The Sale Items page includes items that are
new but slightly out of date, and used items. There are some very good
deals to be found there.
Proud Family Man My favorite web site, is my personal web site
because it contains photos of my wonderful family - I love my wife and kids
and love being a father.
Handling Charges
I charge a $5 handling fee ($7 to $10 for international orders) for all orders on which the items total less than $100. I'm sorry about that - but I feel that it is necessary. I hope it does not discourage you from doing business with me. It is used to help pay my shipping assistant - who's help frees me up to answer the dozens of emails I get every day and to do my best to make this web site a valuable resource for glider pilots. The $5 handling fee really stings when you order a $3 item. I'm sorry about that. But please remember that it takes just as long to process, package and ship a $3 item as a $500 item - and we get many orders for $3 to $30 items. I do work hard to do a good job of supporting the soaring community. I hope you will take that into account when you see the fee on the invoice. Of course, you can avoid the $5 handling fee by ordering $100 or more worth in soaring products at a time. You can see more about the shipping fees here: How to Order
Site Navigation Tips
Go to the
Catalog
pages for the most complete listing of products sorted by
product category and manufacturer. Or use the menu on the top of
every page to navigate through the site. Clicking
on the logo on the top of any page will bring you back to this
home page. I also use the Manufacturers
list in the table below often.
Training Over the Phone or Web
With Free Web Conferencing -
Very Popular
One-on-one or in groups of up to 15 attendees
I offer training over the phone on many soaring software topics for $40/hour.
What we cover is up to you. It includes free web
conferencing features.
Details are available here: Training Over
the Phone
Value and Excellent
Support
Cumulus Soaring, Inc. offers soaring products and excellent technical
support. I aim to be friendly and fun. I want to be sure that you are happy with your
soaring tools and I strive to help you get the most out of them.
Paul Remde I have been flying gliders since 1990. I'm a very technical person
who loves talking about soaring, badge flying, soaring instruments, GPSs,
Pocket PCs, etc. I am knowledgeable about badge, record, contest
and aerobatic flying, and ready to help you select and use the right
instruments and software for your soaring needs. I hold all the FAI
Badge legs for my Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond badges - with the
exception of the altitude gain legs (which are nearly impossible to obtain
in Minnesota). I have flown in 5 soaring contests, acted as
Competition Director in 2 contests, Contest Manager in 2 contests, and have won
9
Minnesota state soaring records. I am also the MN state soaring record
keeper. I have owned several sailplanes
including a Schempp-Hirth Ventus b and a Schweizer 1-35c. I currently
own a small share of a lovely DG-1000S. You can see
photos of them on my
Soaring Photos web page. I am also an
active member of the
Minnesota Soaring Club. I am very proud
of my Soaring Links web site
which contains nearly 1000 links to soaring web sites. My favorite web
site, however, is my personal web site
because it contains photos of my wonderful family - I love my wife and kids
and love being a father.
Please Buy from Me I work very hard to provide detailed
product comparisons for soaring pilots. I hope you will find this web
site useful. I also offer excellent support to customers who buy from
me. The best way to thank me for the services I offer is to help
support my business by buying from me - and please tell your friends about
my company.
Customers Outside the United
States
I am often asked if I sell to customers outside the U.S. In fact,
I would guess that 1/4 of my sales are to customers outside the U.S. My online
order entry system accepts orders from anywhere in the world. I
generally ship to other countries using U.S. First Class International Airmail. It gets the
product to the customer in about 10 days. If you prefer faster
delivery or insurance and tracking I can ship using US Express Mail
International
or UPS Express.
Payment Options
For your convenience I accept payment via several methods. For U.S.
customers I strongly prefer payment by check for all orders but accept payment
using credit cards if necessary. That saves me the cost of the credit
card fees - which add up to tens of thousands of dollars every year.
That stings! For international customers I require
payment using a credit card. For
details, please visit the How to Order page.
Full Panel Discount
I am fortunate to be in a unique situation in that I sell and support
products from more soaring manufacturers than any other soaring products
vendor in the world. I have products in stock to help you build a
complete instrument panel. I offer a 5%
discount to customers that purchase all the items listed below at
the same time (shipped to a single location) and pay by check (not credit
card). This option is popular
with customers buying new gliders or upgrading older gliders. I can
ship the items to you or to the glider manufacturer. To qualify you
must buy at least the items listed below. I'm sorry, but if you don't
buy all those items, or items of similar value, I can't give you the 5%
discount.
